¹ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

² tn Or perhaps “elders,” which could be interpreted to mean “leaders.”

³ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”

⁴ tn Heb “the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”

⁵ tn Or “fathers.”

⁶ tn Or “bowed before” (the same expression occurs in the following verse).

⁷ tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn Heb “the man of God.”

⁹ tn Heb “come to.”

¹⁰ tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (vi’irenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (vÿyorenu, “to teach”).

¹¹ tn Heb “what we should do for.”

¹² tn The Hebrew has אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה (’adonay yehovih, “Lord Yahweh”).

¹³ tn Heb “so I can get revenge with one act of vengeance.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and all the people.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “went up and came [to].”

¹⁶ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

¹⁷ tn Traditionally, “fasted.”

¹⁸ tn Or “peace offerings.”